- Date
- December 6, 1964
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 94 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1971Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181675
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0047 64/12/6 NR.NEW YORK NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 1300 N1971 PX- 0 0 87 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1971
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N1971Registration cancelled May 21, 2003 · Boeing 727-23Airframe modelBoeing 727-23Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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